| ID | 126260 |
| Title Proper | Supercomputer capabilities |
| Other Title Information | interpreting its role in defence |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Dilipraj, E |
| Publication | 2013. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Supercomputers, the monsters of the computing World, occupy enormous rooms and perform trillions of calculations per second. In general, a supercomputer can be defined as a machine with high computing performance that has extremely fast processing speeds which are employed for specialized applications that require immense amounts of mathematical calculation and logical analysis. A supercomputer that process data simultaneously.
The high capacity of such super machine is used for various types of scientific research like recreating the Big Bang, Understanding earthquakes, protein folding, bloodstream mapping, modeling of new diseases, Oceanographic modeling, predicting climate change, weather forecasting, recreating brain patterns, finding the God particle and other atomic and sub-atomic research. While supercomputers are constantly relied upon for performing the above mentioned high end complex civilian scientific research, they are also used almost at the same magnitude by different countries around the globe for defence related research. Therefore, this paper intends to study the role played by these computing giants in the field of defence and the capabilities of various countries possessing such technology. |
| `In' analytical Note | Defence and Diplomacy Vol.3, No.1; Oct-Dec.2013: p.1-11 |
| Journal Source | Defence and Diplomacy Vol.3, No.1; Oct-Dec.2013: p.1-11 |
| Key Words | Information Technology ; Supercomputer ; Role of supercomputer ; Defence ; Nuclear weapons testing ; Biological warfare testing ; Missile and space programmes ; Data mining ; Information espionage ; Quantum computation ; Military operation ; PARAM ; ANURAG |